Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner arrived in Israel on Monday and met his Tel Aviv counterpart, Ron Huldai, Wegner’s office said. The two discussed a planned partnership between the two metropolises. Berlin stands firmly on Israel’s side, Wegner told Huldai, the Berlin mayor’s office reported Wegner as saying. Wegner had said in the run-up to the trip that it was important to him to send a signal of solidarity. On October 7, Palestinian Hamas extremists and others attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 250 others hostage the Gaza Strip. On Monday evening, the Berlin mayor met relative…